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Gordon Falls is one of what I call the second tier Blue Mountains waterfalls.
There are many of these types of waterfalls, which have limited life in their flows due to small drainages, but are quite impressive when they do flow. They're not totally temporary or ephemeral waterfalls (in my mind) since they probably last more than a few days. That's why I designated them "secondary."
I suppose you could spend several days or weeks trying to visit all the Blue Mountain waterfalls, but this particular waterfall was convenient to visit for us so we seized the opportunity. Otherwise, we probably would've just skipped it. We happened to see the waterfall when it was raining pretty hard, and fortunately for us, the clouds parted just enough to reveal it for us.
When this waterfall is flowing, it has tall freefalling drops as impressive as any of the tier one waterfalls (e.g. Wentworth Falls and Katoomba Falls), but the view from its overlook is a bit awkward. It has a dedicated car park and short walk to this overlook.
Directions: We stumbled upon the car park after taking the scenic route from Katoomba towards Wentworth Falls along Cliff Drive, which skirts the cliffs facing south. The car park sits just a few minutes east of the Leura Cascades.
It bode ill. "I can't remember the last time it rained," the man in Devonport had said. And there I was looking forward to photographing waterfalls. Things change though;...[more]
King George Falls Are Awesome
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Cedar Creek Falls Jan 2008
Hi, my name is Phil and I just wanted to share a photo of Cedar Creek Falls in full flow. Had you been there a few months earlier you would have seen it too. We had been staying in Proserpine...[more]
Hopkins Falls at full flow
We visited this falls in August 2010. The recent wet weather had the falls at a very high flow, and the spectacle was bringing in many of the locals to come and gawk...[more]
Hindmarsh Falls in full flow
We went to Hindmarsh Falls today (13/7/09) and it was in full flow. The past couple of weeks we have had consistent rain, especially in the past 4 days which...[more]
Dangars Falls - Great When Wet
I've been to Dangars Falls many times but I've never seen it totally dry. Once I was there just after a peak flood and it was spectacular. Sadly...[more]
Mongrel Bastards Mountain Bike Club
As a Queenslander in 'enemy territory' I was lucky enough to be allowed to tag along on a 75km mountain bike ride that started at Eltham to the South, took in Minyon Falls and looped back...[more]
Going Cuckoo
Whoever penned the last sentence hadn't been there for some time. Signs on the most important intersection aren't apparent which cost me about 10 minutes, and another sign was overgrown with foxglove...[more]